HMS Bermuda (1805)
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| Name: | HMS Bermuda |
| Ordered: | 1803 |
| Builder: | Bermuda |
| Launched: | 1805 |
| Fate: | Wrecked on 22 April 1808 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | 18-gun Bermuda class sloop |
| Tons burthen: | 399 tons |
| Length: | 107 ft (33 m) |
| Beam: | 29 ft 11 in (9.1 m) |
| Draught: | 14 ft 8 in (4.5 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Complement: | 121 |
| Armament: |
18 guns:
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For other ships of the same name, see HMS Bermuda.
HMS Bermuda was an 18-gun Bermuda class sloop of the Royal Navy.
Bermuda was built in Bermuda of Bermudan cedar in 1805, as the lead ship of her class. The Bermudas were modified versions of the Dasher class of 1797, and eventually consisted of six ships. She was launched in 1805, and commissioned in October that year under the command of William Henry Byam, from Busy, Halifax. She only spent three years in service before being wrecked on Memory Rock, Little Bermuda on 22 April 1808. All the crew were saved and Captain Byam went on to command HMS Opossum.
[edit] References
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
- Lyon, David and Winfield, Rif, The Sail and Steam Navy List, All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815-1889, pub Chatham, 2004, ISBN 1-86176-032-9
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